Gop Weighs Convention Site

DETROIT — Republican National Committee chairman Frank Fahrenkopf says it is not true that the party already has picked Los Angeles as the site for its 1988 convention.

Fahrenkopf`s comment came at a press conference Wednesday after the GOP site-selection committee toured Joe Louis Arena, where the Republicans held their 1980 national convention.

He said he has been trying to discredit recurring reports that President and Nancy Reagan want the convention in their home state and that the party already has decided to go to Los Angeles.

``I talked to the President and Nancy, and they said, `Make your own decision,` `` Fahrenkopf said.

He said that though Detroit does not have the number of hotel rooms the party is seeking, he thinks the city would have enough rooms by 1988. The 21 members of the site committee ended their two-day inspection of Detroit Thursday.